The World’s Most Successful Failed State

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The story of buildings and corruption in Equatorial Guinea Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoserforever/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/h0serr Some sources: % in agriculture: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?end=2021&locations=GQ&start=2008 2022 election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Equatorial_Guinean_general_election Access to electricity: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS?locations=GQ Brittanica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Equatorial-Guinea Corruption Perception Index: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2022 Country overview: http://www.focusongeography.org/publications/articles/equatorial_guinea/index.html Country’s “God”: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3098007.stm Energy in EqG: https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/GNQ Fiscal policy: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2019/12/20/Republic-of-Equatorial-Guinea-Request-for-an-Extended-Arrangement-Under-the-Extended-Fund-48904 Footage of roads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KMrJDZWQBJ0 France seizes assets: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/28/france-equatorial-guinea-vice-presidents-conviction-upheld GDP pc vs. Spain: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?end=2022&locations=GQ-ES&start=1990 High poverty: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/27/equatorial-guinea-why-poverty-plagues-high-income-nation IMF bailout: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/01/21/equatorial-guinea-is-still-waiting-for-its-imf-bail-out Michael Jackson merch: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/africa/equatorial-guinea-us-vaccine-intl/index.html Stolen oil wealth: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/15/equatorial-guinea-oil-wealth-squandered-and-stolen Trade profile: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/gnq World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/equatorialguinea/overview